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North Rhine-Westphalia

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Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Bedburg

Bedburg Castle

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Bedburg Castle

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Location: Bedburg, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Agatha Gate, Alt-Kaster – Bedburg Castle loop from Alt-Kaster

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2. Kasterer See – Alt-Kaster Historic Old Town loop from Bedburg (Erft)

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3. Bedburg Castle – Peringsmaar Lake loop from Glesch

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daha

January 14, 2018

The castle Bedburg belongs to the oldest nobility seats of the Erftniederung and is one of the oldest brick buildings of the Rhineland. The Wasserburg is now privately owned, but the parks are open to the public. There is a restaurant, the castle cellar with beer garden.

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Stefan Peters

February 14, 2017

The origins date back to the 12th century when a castle of the Lords of Bedburg was first mentioned. With its location in the marshy Erftniederung the moated castle probably served as a backup for the Erftübergang.

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Stephan N

March 20, 2023

The origins of Bedburg Castle probably go back to the construction of a moth, but no parts of this have survived. It is one of the earliest aristocratic residences in Erft. The oldest components, from the 12th century, are in the basement. At this time we know a Ludolphus de Bethbure. In the 13th century, the lords of Heinsberg could have owned the castle as a fief before it passed to the lords of Reifferscheid, a Fredericus de Bedbure.

The castle is a "castle type", consisting of three wings and two round and two square towers. The castle or chateau was repeatedly damaged and rebuilt.

The Counts of Neuenahr owned the castle from 1403. In 1588 Count Werner von Reifferscheid was enfeoffed with the property and remained in the hands of the von Salm-Reifferscheid family until 1798. After the Peace of Lunéville in 1801, the château officially fell to the French state and was temporarily used as a residence for veterans of the French army. After being vacant for a short time and now in Prussian ownership, it was converted into a hospital for the eye patients in the Brauweiler penal institution.
geschichtsverein-bedburg.de/permanent/BedburgSchloss.html

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Location: Bedburg, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Bedburg Castle

1. Agatha Gate, Alt-Kaster – Bedburg Castle loop from Alt-Kaster

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